Authorities recently released new details in a homicide near Langston.

Investigators are interviewing two people who might know more about a man found tied up and set on fire. His body was dumped on the side of the road.

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Investigators do not know the identity of the victim. His hands and face were burned so badly they can't run facial recognition software or check his fingerprints. However, investigators are confident the people they're questioning know who he is.

The Logan County Sheriff’s Department released pictures of a man in a black sweatshirt and woman in an orange sweatshirt walking into a convenience store.

“The investigators are not going to release how they came across these people at this time,” said Deputy Chief Richard Stephens.

Though investigators won't say why, they believe this man and woman know something about what happened.

The man and woman were identified Thursday evening and are now speaking with investigators.

“Any type of lead we can get at this point is an important lead,” Stephens said.

Nearly a week after the victim's death, the burned grass where he may have took his last breath is blanketed by snow.

“Burning a body, potentially alive at the time it was burned, that's a very evil type of act,” Stephens said.

Investigators said they must figure out who the victim is before they can figure out why someone wanted to him dead. Two of the victim's tattoos survived the fire: the seal of the Cherokee Nation on his chest and a bull's skull on his right shoulder.

KOCO 5 News will continue to follow what happens and bring you any developments.